catharsis: (noun) referring to the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotion.
This meaning comes to us from Aristotle's Poetics, in which he derived katharsis from kathairein, meaning "cleanse" and katharos, meaning "pure" (also the origin of my name, Catherine).
Catharsis entered the English lexicon in the 19th century via the medical world. At that time, the term was used in a purgative sense. To be more specific, this meant using laxatives to evacuate the bowels.
I wonder if Beth Horner thought of this when she crafted her story about the DoDo Song?
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